@matigo you should be able to get a decent notebook for $2500. What do you get for $4800…
Interesting: Metformin (a drug I take for diabetes) is apparently an anti-aging pill.
https://www.wired.com/story/this-pill-promises-to-extend-life-for-a-nickel-a-pop/
@matigo no argument there but back then there weren’t multi-billion dollar companies ensuring doctors prescribe their shit or use their products. ?
@matigo I’m sure it would cost more to get better accuracy. The tests are “good enough” to get people diagnosed.
@kdfrawg not just for Type 2 Diabetes either. The entire system is designed to keep you just well enough to keep paying.
Pretty convinced the medical establishment has no interest in eliminating Type 2 Diabetes, it’s a cash cow for them!
According to the NIH [niddk.nih.gov], an A1C test result can be +/- .5%. A 6.5% can be anywhere between 6 and 7. It’s like with blood glucose meters, where +/- 15% of actual is considered “accurate.” I suppose if your #T2D is out of control, those variances don’t matter much. For those of us trying to get better, it’s annoying.
If Type 2 Diabetes is a disease of insulin resistance, which can only happen because we have too much, how do treatments reduce insulin? They don’t. Worse: insulin is prescribed at later stages of Type 2 Diabetes. Isn’t that like giving an alcoholic more alcohol?
The only thing I know that doesn’t increase insulin: fasting. It’s like a detox from insulin. Wonder how come doctors generally don’t suggest fasting as a treatment? It costs nothing to try it.
Not saying everyone with Type 2 Diabetes will benefit from fasting. And I’m definitely not a doctor. Do your own research.
Speaking of accuracy, the manual for my new Blood Glucose Meter actually provides a chart for how they validate the accuracy of their meters.
@kdfrawg Just reading what the National Institute of Health [niddk.nih.gov] says:
The A1C test result can be up to 0.5 percent higher or lower than the actual percentage. This means an A1C measured as 7.0 percent could indicate a true A1C anywhere in the range from ~6.5 to 7.5 percent. Health care providers can visit www.ngsp.org to find information about the accuracy of the A1C test used by their laboratory.
Clearly no one cares about accuracy in this industry.
@kdfrawg I just wish it were reflected in my A1C, but that's always a lagging indicator.